Upper for tennis-shoes.



U. H. ROPER.

UPPER FOR TENNIS SHOES.-

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 23, 1913.

1,1 1 3,83 1, Patented 0ct.13, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE. CHARLES HENRY EoPEn, OF EELMoNT, MASSACHUSETTS, AssrenonTo Hoon HUBEER COMPANY, or WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION or MASSACHU- SETTS.

UPPER FOR TENNIS-SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I'IENRY.

Rornn, citizen of the United States, residing at Belmont, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Uppers for Tennis-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates toimprovements in the uppers of shoes having cloth or other fabric tops, such as tennis Shoes, and has for its objects to reduce the cost of manufacture both as to labor and material, and to provide a stronger and more effective construction.

With these and possibly other objects in view, the invention includes the novel features of construction hereinafter described and particularly defined by the appended claim.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a View of a portion of the quarter of the upper, and before the parts are turned inside out. Fig. 2 is a similar view after the parts have been turned to their proper position and stitched down, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sections through Figs. 1 and 2, respectively.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the numeral 1 designates the quarter of the upper, and 2 the lining, 1 designating the edge where the eyelets are customarily inserted. Heretofore it has been the practice to insert at this point and between the outer layer and the lining what has been known as an. eyelet stay, to wit: a stay of approximately an inch in width and consisting of a separate piece of material inserted between the inner and outer layers and secured in place by two lines of stitching. This'has been more or less objectionable in that it was diflicult to insert it properly in position, and if not properly in- Serted, the eyelets in the finished quarter were very liable to pull out. It also caused extra cost of labor in cutting and inserting.

According to my invention, I extend the material of one of the layers of theupper,

and preferably the outer, when the blank is out, beyond the edge of the other layer as indicated at 1. Thus when the parts are stitched together as indicated in Fig. 3, and thenturned inside out, as indicated in dotted lines Fig. 3, a Stay is provided which is integral with one of the layers, and which is held properly positioned at the stitched or outer edge, and the inner or free edge of which is easily secured in place by the inner parallel line of stitching indicated at l.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

A fabric shoe quarter for tennis and like shoes, comprising inner and outer layers stitched together near the edge of one layer,

the other of said layers having an integral portion projecting beyond said line of stitching, said layers being turned inside out to bring said projecting portion be tween the two layers and the whole being united bya second line of stitching in proximity to the edge of said projecting portion.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HENRY ROPER.

Witnesses:

LOTTA E. MARK, ALICE F. KANALY.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtain d for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.. 

